Guthrie Announces Major Individual Gift and Naming of New Health Campus in Cortland

The Guthrie Clinic is honored to announce the receipt of a life changing   gift from a private community donor. Mr. Nicholas Renzi has pledged $1 million in support of Guthrie’s new health campus currently under construction at 4057 West Road in Cortland, which is just weeks from opening its doors to patients. 
 
Mr. Renzi’s generous donation will be matched with an additional $1 million in donations by Cortland Memorial Foundation, a goal the community is already close to helping us achieve. 

“The driving force for my gift is to help make Guthrie Cortland Medical Center and its affiliated offices be the best they can be, providing complete and easily accessible health care services without the need to travel out of town,” said Renzi. “It is a privilege and personal pleasure that my late wife Agnes and I have been able to support many worthy organizations through the Nicholas and Agnes Renzi Charitable Fund.” 
 
“We’re not sure anyone can match Nick Renzi’s generosity, but we are confident this incredible community will step up to match his pledge,” said Sheila Ossit, Cortland Memorial Foundation Director. “We are a compassionate community that never misses a chance to do right by our family, friends and neighbors. Together, I am confident we will not just meet, but exceed this challenge because every dollar donated translates to exceptional health care for our loved ones.” 
 
Mr. Renzi made a similar pledge in support of the Renzi Cancer Center before its opening. Since that center’s opening, Guthrie has seen a growth in the number of cancer patients and procedures each year, proving what both Renzi and Guthrie believed was a need for a comprehensive cancer center in the Cortland community. 
 
The new health campus is opening with the same goal of providing convenient care on a number of fronts, close to home. Half of the new 32,000 square foot building will house laboratory and imaging services, as well as Guthrie Cortland’s existing primary care team, with additional providers joining the group to help meet the growing need of the local population. The other half of the new facility will house specialty services, bringing multiple care options under one roof.   
 
The name of the new facility is fitting of both the variety of services it will bring together in one location, and the man who shares Guthrie’s vision for being the most trusted local health care provider. Beginning in December, patients will receive their care at the Guthrie Cortland Renzi Health Campus. 
 
“Words cannot express the gratitude we feel for Nick Renzi,” said Dr. Edmund Sabanegh, President & CEO, The Guthrie Clinic. “A donation of this magnitude, in our region, stretches extremely far. We are proud to have Mr. Renzi’s name next to ours, so that members of this community will understand what he and his late wife have done to help us meet their health care needs.” 
 
A news conference will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 11 a.m. to officially unveil the new Guthrie Cortland Renzi Health Campus, at which time we will announce additional details about the facility and the services to be offered within. The media will also be invited to gather interviews and video of the facility, which will open to patients the following week.